Nigeria kidnap: Gunmen seize 140 schoolchildren in Kaduna state
Source: BBC
Nigeria kidnap: Gunmen seize 140 schoolchildren in Kaduna state
5 July 2021
Gunmen in Nigeria have kidnapped at least 140 schoolchildren in the north-west of the country, police say.
At least eight people were also abducted from the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Centre in Zaria early on Sunday morning.
Two nurses and a 12-month-old child were among those seized, said a hospital worker.
There has been a recent spate of abductions from schools and universities for ransom.
On Monday, reports emerged of another mass kidnapping from a school near Kaduna city, about 80km (50 miles) south-west of Zaria.
The mother of a 15-year-old girl who was kidnapped from Bethel Baptist School told the BBC that 140 schoolchildren had been seized by a large group of armed men who arrived on motorbikes and broke down the fence.
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